Movers and shakers

European Voice

5/8/08, 10:24 AM CET

Updated 4/23/14, 8:44 PM CET

Mihnea Motoc has been nominated as Romania’s permanent representative to the European Union. He took up his role on 21 April, after serving as his country’s ambassador to the United Nations and the Netherlands, as well as a minister of state for European affairs. He takes over from Lazar Comanescu, who was recently named as Romania’s foreign affairs minister.

María José Garijo Equiza and Peter Van Ijsselmuiden have been appointed as government representatives of Spain and The Netherlands respectively on the governing board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.

Per Andreas Bjorgan has been appointed as director in the Competition and State aid Directorate of the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

Bruno Macedo is to join the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency. His previous role, as policy manager at ACI-Europe, has been taken over by Vlad Olteanu.

Jean Ping has taken over as chairperson of the Commission of the African Union. He was formerly foreign minister of Gabon.

Miriam Gargesi has joined Hill & Knowlton Brussels as an account manager in the healthcare public affairs practice.

Aloys Rigaut has been elected as president of LYMEC, the youth organization of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. He represents the Jeunes MR organisation in Belgium.